The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) warned subscribers on Wednesday, Jan. 11 not to have any ideas of providing false information when registering their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for they will be inevitably caught. SIM Registration This was according to DICT Spokesperson and...
Working with fellow governments, an official from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) recently sat down with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium in relation to the country's plans for digital cooperation. Department of Information and Communications Technology...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched a 24/7 complaint center in order to address SIM registration-related issues and concerns quickly. Prior to the commencement of the SIM registration on Tuesday, Dec. 27, DICT Spokesperson and Undersecretary Anna Mae...
SIM registration has begun. Have you registered yet? Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11934 or the Subscriber Identity Module Registration Act, all new and existing SIM subscribers in the Philippines shall register within 180 days beginning Dec. 27, 2022. Failure to comply with the said registration...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo With the evolution of web technologies, new concepts arise that provide innovative ways of using the internet. The emerging Web 3.0 is giving us concepts such as blockchain technologies, token-based economics, and decentralization. As with everything new, those who...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Even before President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. won the presidency, he has been emphasizing the need to create more jobs and livelihood opportunities in order to bounce back from the pandemic. His administration aimed for the full reopening of the economy to help...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo “Our future is digital. If you’re not part of it, you’re out of it,” said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Achim Steiner. According to the UNDP’s human development report in 2019, digitalization and climate change are potentially the greatest...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Amid spiraling fuel prices, trains are a great alternative to road-based, gas-powered transportation. But even setting aside the issue of oil price hikes, a modernized and reliable railway system is an efficient, fast, and cost-effective mode of mass transportation....
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. recently announced that he will temporarily assume the post of Agriculture Secretary upon the start of his term, noting the severity of the challenges in the sector that need to be addressed. This move also shows that agriculture is a...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo June has been designated as Pride Month in many parts of the world, including in the Philippines. It’s a month of celebration for milestones achieved in fighting for LGBTQIA+ visibility and has also been a platform to promote equal justice and equal opportunity...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Imagine we go back in time, two years ago, in 2020 — when the government had imposed lockdowns because of the global pandemic, closing international borders, limiting travel to one’s own town, schools and businesses disrupted, all other non-essential establishments...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The Filipino people have spoken. We have made history once again with a president-vice president tandem overwhelmingly chosen by the electorate. As of this writing, the partial and unofficial tally for the 2022 Philippine elections — based on data from the Comelec...
